Artist Explores Mass Incarcerations

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:28:07 CDTBy: Laura Kennedy

A Chicago artist uses a bird's eye view of correctional facilities to examine the architecture of mass incarcerations. Photographer Billy McGuinness has created one-of-a-kind aerial photographs of prisons in his work, "Illinois Corrections." McGuinness says he was inspired by a class he took at the Art Institute of Chicago, where masters students regularly went to the Cook County Jail to produce videos with inmates. The experience had a huge impact on McGuinness and led him to create his latest works, which are currently on display at the Illinois State University Galleries. Laura Kennedy has more.